Joy expressed thanks to all the people who joined her to help celebrate the day and those who helped throughout the event.

l Belton Park’s new professional Mike Timson and his wife Michele took time out from their present posts at King’s Lynn golf club to play host to their first Pro’s Day at Belton Park. They were on hand all day in the pro shop to meet and greet as many members as they could ahead of their official start date on September 1.

The day was bright and clear but the stiff wind made for some very challenging conditions for the competitors who competed over the Browlow course, which was presented in perfect condition.

The full handicap singles stableford format would normally produce an abundance of high scores, but the tough wind meant that par was a great score.

Steve Turton made it a day to remember when he aced the 14th hole.

Prizes ranged from golf clubs, bags, umbrellas and balls, to head covers, shirts and towels.

With one match still on the course, the scores were level at 2½ points apiece. So, it was all down to the final game and Belton Park’s pairing of David Capindale and Stuart Smith who came up trumps with a superb win to clinch victory.

l Carole Stothard and Fiona Illingworth played in the County Spring Bronze meeting at Spalding Golf Club and finished runners-up by just one point in the Mary Munday Salver on a very wet day. STOKE ROCHFORD

Roland Slack and Phil White lost 2 down, Ray Elsome and Alan Jessop won 2&1, Mike Graves and David Hamilton lost 6&5.

SUDBROOK MOOR

Sudbrook Moor enjoyed three exceptional inter-club matchplay results during a playing fortnight.

The Ladies’ team met in their annual friendly match with the ladies of Nene Park, Peterborough, on home turf, and enjoyed a stunning 5-0 win.

Captain Bruce MacFarlane’s A Team played their fourth South Lincolnshire Scratch League Division Two fixture at home against Gedney Hill and also triumphed 4½-1½. This yielded a further two Order of Merit points to put Sudbrook Moor in second place.

The senior team also met with Gedney Hill during the week at home in the Seniors’ South Lincolnshire League and added three points to their Order of Merit tally with a 3½-2½ victory.

The Junior Intermediates met at the weekend for their monthly Greensomes medal and brilliance shone from the grandfather and grandson combo of Trevor and Robert Eldred who broke SSS by six shots to lead the new Order of Merit.

Runners-up Kev Woollas and Jasmin Mawson returned their best ever card of three under SSS, and Adrian and Oliver Hands finished third. Reigning champion Joseph Ablewhite was fourth with Emily Chapman.

Others in the Saturday scheme were Blake and Stuart Smith, Issy Linsley and John Russell, Mia Mawson and Luke Harley, Martin and Lilliya Greene, Richard and Sam Howes, Melissa Mawson and John White, Steve and Olivia Bradley, and Ben and Joan Doughty.